According to a source at ESL IEM Oakland will be played on patch 6.21.

Intel Extreme Masters Oakland will only feature six teams in their upcoming League of Legends tournament. The following teams will be playing.

IEM Oakland is set to run from Nov 19-20 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Tickets are still available on the Intel Extreme Masters Site. The price range is from 40$ – 145$.

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2016 League of Legends North American All-Star picks – NA’s dream team

The results are in, and the fans have decided the players who will represent North America and Team Fire (alongside LCK and IWC) at the 2016 League of Legends All-Star event in Barcelona, Spain, starting on December 8th.

Each player chosen was, at one point in time during the NA LCS, hailed as the best in their position. While we can only dream of sending a squad of this caliber to Worlds, we are treated to a small taste of their potential during this year’s exciting All-Star bout.

Impact – TOP DIE! Impact was arguably NA’s best top laner during the Summer Split of NA [...]

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VP Owner hints at EPICENTER 2017

A tweet sent out by VP owner Sneg hints at a possible announcement for EPICENTER 2017. Epicenter 2016 which was held at VTB Ice Hall, Moscow Russia from October 17-23 was a resounding success. The $500,000 tournament saw the best of the teams participating in the event. Team Dignitas emerged as the winners after a closely contested finals against Virtus Pro. Dignitas took home $250000 as winners prize money.

The event was praised on social media from all quarters. The management and presentation was spot on with some amazing entertainment opportunities for the views. Epicenter Moscow was also the recipient of EUBEA trophy under the live entertainment category.

While [...]

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Fnatic launch eSports PopUp store in London

Fnatic Owner Sam Mathews has tweeted out the opening of a Popup Store in London. The popup store will be open for four weeks starting November 24th.

Spread the word, we're launching the first of its kind, an esports concept store in London & looking for rad people! https://t.co/t3ietN67Ap pic.twitter.com/aM1DQKdJo4

— Sam Mathews (@sammathews) November 14, 2016

The Store will feature gaming apparel and gear. The Fnatic store which opened in April 2016 following a succesfuly Crowdfunding round which saw them raise $240,000 has been fairly succesful so far. The popularity of the Fnatic brand in Sweden and all over the world [...]